Veneering-tool



(No Model.)

W. E. BROOK. VENEBRING TOOL.

No. 568,157. Patented Sept. 22, 1896.

: Nrrnn STATES \VILLIAM E. BROOK, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE BROOK VENEERED LUMBER COMPANY, OF NEIV JERSEY.

VENEERING-TOIOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,157, dated September 22, 1896. Application filed December 21, 1894. Serial No. 532,622. (No model.)

To aZl whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. BROCK, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Plainfield, in the county of Somerset and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Veneering'lools, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tools for applying veneer to moldings and similarmaterial, the object being to provide a tool for this'purpose that may be easily and effectively manipulated by hand-power.

I will describe a veneeringtool embodying my invention, and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a veneering-tool embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a rear edge view, and Fig. 5 is a plan view illustrating a modification.

Referring by letter to the drawings, the tool-head consists of a body portion A and downwardly-extending side portions A. The tool-head is made of sheet metal and should be quite rigid excepting at the junction of the parts A with A. At this point I prefer to provide fora greater flexibility of the material, so as to permit of a slight lateral yielding of the parts A relatively to the body portion, and with this end in view I have rounded or transversely curved the metal and made it thinner at this point, which I designate by 0., by grinding, stamping, or otherwise. From its rear side a the body portion A is flared outward at its sides, and of course the downwardly extended portions are correspondingly flared longitudinally. The downwardly-turned portions are curved upward at their lower edge. A handle A extends rearward from the tool-head, and this handle is preferably made quite long. It may be secured to the head by screws or rivets.

A designates finger-bars extended roarward from the lower rear edge of the portions A.

To illustrate the relative position of the downwardly-turned portion A will force the edges of the veneer over the edges of the molding, and these portions may be forced tightly against the lateral parts of the veneer by pressing inward the fin ger-pieces A The thin parts a of the head will allow this i11- Ward movement of the downwardly-turned portions A without disturbing the general contour of the sides.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5 I employ two tool-heads similar in all respects to the tool-head first described, but the handle A may be omitted. In this example the heads are joined together, one rearward of the other, by means of a handle B, which is secured at one end to the upper side of the forward head and at its other end to the under side of the rear head. In this example, in lieu of the finger-pieces A I employ hand pieces or bars B, secured at one end to the outer side of the downwardly-turned portions of the forward head and at the other end to the inner sides of the downwardly-turned portions of the rear head. The operation of this device is substantially the same as the example first described.

In employing this tool, as the rear edge or a very narrow surface engages against the veneer, the veneer may be pressed firmly down and all air-bubbles forced out forward as the tool moves along, and any excess of glue will be caused to flow along the mold ing forward of the applied pressure of the tool, thus spreading it thinly and evenly.

Another feature of the tool resides in the fact that the forward end of the tool flares outward and upward. This feature causes the veneer to be gradually drawn in and I heads each having a body portion and downwardly-turned edge portions flared forward and outward, one head being arranged to the rear of the other and a hand-bar connecting said heads substantially as specified.

4E. Aveneering-tool consisting of two metal heads each head consisting of a body portion and downwardly-turned side portions there being a relative yielding movement between the side and body portions of such heads, one head arranged to the rear of the other and finger-pieces attached to the side portions of said heads substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 15th day of November, 189-1.

WILLIAM E. BROOK.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. SMITH, WILLARD N. BAYLIS. 

